Editing Panama Canal (section)

===Gatun Lake===
[[File:Gatun Lake.jpg|thumb|[[Gatun Lake]] provides the water used to raise and lower vessels in the Canal, gravity-fed into each set of locks.]]
Created in 1913 by damming the [[Chagres River]], the [[Gatun Lake]] is a key part of the Panama Canal, providing the millions of liters of water necessary to operate its locks each time a ship passes through. At time of formation, Gatun Lake was the largest human-made lake in the world.